Now that you've had your asses handed to you, will you:
Move even further to the right and openly attack democratic principles
or
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Now that it's clear that the other side of the aisle is filled with sociopaths and ignoramuses that cannot be reasoned with, will you
try even harder to reach out, to show how much nicer democrats are
or
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Now (to one very special Democrat), seeing that both houses are led by folks that would dismantle every positive environmental step taken over the last 6 years, and the very life of the
planet is in peril, will you:
Be afraid of being accused of "Presidential Overreach" or some such nonsense
Or
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Democrats:
You got your asses handed to you because we could hardly give a shit about voting for you.
Why would anyone take time out of their busy day when you stand there disavowing your vote for the President we support and get even closer to coal than someone as execrable as Mitch McConnell?
Why would we take the time to vote for someone who is too afraid to say you support Obamacare?
Why would we feel enthusiastic about voting for a bunch of clowns who, almost to a person, failed to celebrate any of the recent positive economic news? Who refused to discuss immigration and raising the minimum wage? Who pretty much failed to make any impression with regard to what you fucking stand for?
When you had both houses, did you
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No, you spent your political capital
Reaching across the aisle making deals that were not necessary and earned nothing but derision from the soulless folks on the other side
Do you think for a moment these guys aren't going to destroy the filibuster their first hour in office? Or spend the entire session wasting everyone's time with endless subpoenas and calls to the carpet for high officials?
Or work to undo every speck of environmental progress we've made over the last 6 years, to destroy the renewable industry, to grant every pass to despoil every last square foot of vulnerable public land?
They can undo everything positive and do a hell of a lot of lasting damage, in a very short period of time.
To one very special Democrat:
Be on notice that the second action they take (probably just after filibuster "reform") is likely to be to pull out the Articles of Impeachment they began to write before you took office and had a chance to do anything, let alone anything impeachable.
So, in the meantime,
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Stand up to them and veto the odious petroleum-loving legislation they pass
Take every Executive Action possible with regard to immigration, wages, environmental protection, renewable energy . . .
Remember who voted for you and why. Realize there is no such thing as 'purple' America, there is no "One America", they can't stand Americans, and "Hope" looks an awful lot like hardball.
We voted in high numbers in 2008 because we believed in a dream, but we knew the dream would only have a chance to become real if the Democrats would
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Democrats, why is it such a difficult lesson to learn that we want you to
FIGHT FOR US
That we will send you money and vote for you if you are fearless on our behalf?
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It's time. And it's crucial.
Give us a reason to come out and vote for you. You just saw what happens when you don't.